Wednesday 29 Jan 2003
Walking in synchronicity
While it is purely unsubstantiated opinion, I do have an answer to why people tend to synchronise their steps. Observing a group of children walking in a park recently, supervised by two adults, I noted that the adults synchronised their steps and direction, while the children walked, ran and skipped apparently at random, running ahead, lagging behind, and deviating from the common course.
Perhaps these children, unpolluted by society’s emphasis on conformity, have not yet learned that it is unacceptable to march to your own drum.
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That, I’m afraid, is a beautiful observation.
Comment by Dallas K. Sneckner | Thursday 30 Jan 2003, 1:08 am
For me its not about conformit so much as it is rhythm. Being a fan of music that I am, it is a much more pleasurable exprerience when “voices” are in rhythm. If that is defined conformity…well, is that a bad thing?
Comment by brian hall | Thursday 30 Jan 2003, 9:00 am
I expected different people would get different things out of this. Good. It seems that both conformity and chaos can be good, especially when in balance.
The parallel in natural science is, of course, chaos theory, in which surprisingly novel patterns and processes can emerge from a few simple rules… that’s why Darwinism is so fascinating to me. Mutations — which are often enough harmful to give the word “mutation” a very negative connotation — combined with a process for keeping only the “good” changes can cause incredible order, elegance, and beauty to come from randomness, given time.
Comment by Grady Haynes | Thursday 30 Jan 2003, 3:05 pm
That’s some pretty cool shiznit.
I kinda agree with tha Bri-meister, but I still think that chaos be tha way to goez.
I mean look at what I listen to: BARKMARKET, or otherwise known as the best band on earth.
Their musical style is very much like the children walking, which was a BIG turn from the way I was used to thinking before Barkmarket, hence the adults in front.
If life is a guitar, then turn that shit up and bang the hell outta some chords and let the world know you don’t give a shit, OR if you do!
If life is walking, well…damn. Call me a freakin Gimp…
-T-
Comment by Dr. Taylor L. Smith | Friday 31 Jan 2003, 10:09 pm
um, yeah
Comment by laura dunning | Saturday 01 Feb 2003, 10:06 pm
I agree with DR. Taylor. Lots of Barkmarket can make everything have a reason. Dave Sardy is not only a master t guitar but a great philosopher as well. The balance between chaos and order is that they both need each other to survive. Barkmarket has cured many prblems. Sun Ra too.
Comment by JOshua Loun | Saturday 13 Aug 2005, 12:12 am
It is acceptable to march to your own drum. Though it is important to listen to other peoples rhythms, your own beat is the most important one.
Comment by JOshua Loun | Saturday 13 Aug 2005, 12:14 am